We believe that in order to make work that is intense, vital and relevant, you need more than one type of person.

Of course, much of what we do is built around creating thrilling musical performances, but musicians and composers never work alone. Collaboration is in our DNA.

Manchester Collective are musicians, but also producers, dancers and film-makers. We are recording engineers. We are copy-writers and fundraisers, directors, commissioners and choreographers. We are composers. (So many composers). We are electronic musicians, programmers, photographers and researchers.

The work that we do, we do together. It’s our greatest strength, and the future of our sector.

Core team

Freelance and external staff

Will Baldwin-Pask Freelance Marketing
Maddie Castell Head of Press (RDMR)
Alex Mayer Fundraising Consultant
Tom Spurgin Researcher*

*In partnership with Sheffield Performer and Audience Research Centre and University of York

Board

David McKeith (Chair) Chartered accountant; former Chair, Hallé Orchestra
Nick Bush Management Consultant
Kirsty Fairclough Professor of Screen Studies and Research & Innovation Lead, School of Digital Arts (SODA), Manchester Metropolitan University
Ainsleigh Hennig Strategy Manager, Ambition Institute
Peggy Nolan Freelance cellist, educator and researcher
Richard Sheldon KC Barrister, South Square, Gray's Inn; deputy High Court Judge (retired)

 
 

This season, Manchester Collective is:

Balafon Soyleymane Diabate

Bass guitar Alan Keary, Micael Gueassamou Darius Mian

Cello Alice Neary, Peggy Nolan, Jonathan Pether

Composer Nwando Ebizie, Rylan Gleave, Jacob Samuel, Sasha Scott

Djembe, ngoni, calabash Sidiki Dembélé

Djembe Chaka Kone

Design Keiran Gorick-Sandal

Double Bass David Bowden, Marianne Schofield

Drums Stephen Henderson

Dundun Morybo Kone

Film Bryony Simcox & George Webster (Broaden), Mike Skelton

Film installation Carlos Casas, Nate Mohler

Flute Alex Jakeman

Lighting Lewis Howell

Percussion Delia Stevens

Photography Mike Skelton

Piano Fergus McCreadie

Sound Lee Aston, Jack Jordan, Joe Reiser

Viola Ruth Gibson, Lucy Nolan

Violin Donald Grant, Kaylee Ramella, Rakhi Singh, Simmy Singh, Nicky Sweeney

Voice Fatima Damango, Rylan Gleave

Words Hugh Morris

 
 

  • Accordion Charles Kieny

    Artistic Direction Simon Buckley, Emma Doherty, Adam Szabo, Suzy Willson

    Artwork Chris Alton, Sophie Broadgate, Simon Buckley, Helenskià Collett, Mary Griffiths, Alma Haser, Courtney Hayles, Molly Major, Ella Skinner, CURRENTMOODGIRL

    Bassoon Joanne Bailie Stark, Elena Comelli, Angharad Thomas, Andres Yauri

    Bass clarinet Katy Ayling, Oliver Pashley, Michelle Hromin

    Bass flute Pasha Mansurov

    Celeste Katherine Tinker

    Cello Colin Alexander, Jack Bailey, Marie Bitlloch, Nathaniel Boyd, Oliver Coates, James Conway, Maddie Cutter, Dobrawa Czocher, Christian Elliott, Reinoud Ford, Abby Hayward, Laura van der Heijden, Will Hewer, Alex Holladay, Lili Holland-Fricke, Guy Johnston, Rebecca Knight, Waynne Kwon, Bartholomew LaFollette, Sarah MacMahon, Zoë Martlew, James Morley, Steff Morris, Ben Michaels, Alice Neary, Des Neysmith, Peggy Nolan, Sinéad O’Halloran, Brian O'Kane, Jonathan Pether, Alice Purton, Hannah Roberts, Jess Schafer, Abel Selaocoe, Clara Hope Simpson, Torun Stavseng, Adam Szabo, Stephanie Tress, Nick Trygstad, Simon Turner, Polly Virr, Joe Zeitlin

    Choreography Melanie Lane

    Clarinet Emma Burgess, Sergio Castelló López, Anna Hashimoto, Fraser Langton, Oliver Pashley, William White

    Co-Founder and Chief Executive Adam Szabo

    Composer Katherine Balch, Huw Belling, Paul Clark, Erland Cooper, Daniel Elms, Edmund Finnis, Sebastian Gainsborough (Vessel), Alex Groves, CHAINES (Cee Haines), Samantha Fernando, Emily Hall, Nabihah Iqbal, Oliver Leith, Cassie Kinoshi, Jasmine Morris, Fergus McCreadie, Kelly Moran, Moor Mother, Ben Nobuto, Laurence Osborn, Hannah Peel, Lyra Pramuk, Jasmin Kent Rodgman, Abel Selaocoe, Rakhi Singh, Alistair Vennart, Freya Waley-Cohen, Isobel Waller-Bridge, Chris Watson, Héloïse Werner, Alice Zawadzki

    Conductor Timothy Burke, Nicholas Chalmers, Aaron Holloway-Nahum, Duncan Ward

    Costume Design Don Arentino

    Dance Daniel Hay-Gordon and El Perry (Thick & Tight)

    Design Helenskià Collett, Sara Merkaj, Alphabet Studio, Nia Thomas

    Development Lauren Noel

    Double Bass Sam Becker, David Bowden, Diane Clark, Billy Cole, Alice Durrant, Harvey Falla, Ben Griffiths, Stephen Henderson, Toby Hughes, Hugh Klüger, Martin Ludenbach, Misha Mullov-Abbado, Marianne Schofield

    Drums Elsa Bradley, Stephen Henderson, Sun-Mi Hong

    Electronics CHAINES (Cee Haines), Nabihah Iqbal, Zubin Kanga

    Film Adam Blyth, Carlos Casas, Dan Parrott, Jessie Rodger, Bryony Simcox and George Webster (Broaden), Mike Skelton, Lisa Thomson, Michelle Tofi, Clint Trofa

    Flute Alyson Frazier, Fiona Fulton, Anna Kondrashina, Alex Jakeman, Daniel Shao, Helen Wilson

    Guest Director Max Baillie, Pekka Kuusisto, Abel Selaocoe

    Guitar Mathis Saunier, Sean Shibe

    Harmonium Victor Lim

    Harp Vicky Lester, Céline Saout

    Harpsichord Harvey Davies, Mahan Esfahani

    Horn Elise Campbell, Paula Cott, Ben Hulme, Zoe Tweed, Alexei Watkins

    Lighting Bethany Gupwell, Jasmine Hewitt, Lewis Howell

    Mixed media The Camberwell Incredibles

    Movement Blackhaine

    Oboe Rachael Clegg, Helena Mackie

    Percussion Elsa Bradley, Joby Burgess, Sidiki Dembele, Sidike Dembele, Alexej Gerassimez, Poul Høxbro, Angela Hui, Dudù Kouate, Yahael Onono, Harry Percy, Delia Stevens, Alan Taylor, Beibei Wang

    Photography César Vásquez Altamirano, Tom Arber, Gaëlle Beri, Brandina Chisambo, Jay Fisher, Camilla Greenwell, Charles Leek, Lucy McLachlan, Chris Payne, Phil Sharp, Mike Skelton

    Piano Katya Apekisheva, Junyan Chen, Ben Dawson, Jayson Gillham, Vijay Iyer, Richard Jones, Zubin Kanga, Fergus McCreadie, Simon Parkin, Siwan Rhys, Cliodna Shanahan, Andy Stamatakis-Brown, Kathryn Stott, Adam Swayne, Fred Thomas, Katherine Tinker, Chad Vindin, Kerry Yong

    Pipes Poul Høxbro

    Presenter Elizabeth Alker, Tom Redmond

    Producer Martin Atkinson, Steph Clarke, Michael Dawson, Kate Green, Tom Lovatt

    Sound Lee Aston, Jamie Birkett, Tomoya Forster, Matt Gadsby, Rob Kelledy, Jack Kirby, Jack Jordan, Victor Lim, Alex Miller, Joe Reiser, Rachel Rimmer, Valgeir Sigurðsson, Brendan Williams

    Trombone Tom Berry

    Trumpet Richard Blake

    Viola Christine Anderson, Abby Bowen, Kim Becker, India Blackshaw-Britton, Nick Bootiman, Lisa Bucknell, Meghan Cassidy, Hélène Clément, Scott Dickinson, Gemma Dunne, Carol Ella, Ruth Gibson, Simone van der Giessen, Kimi Makino, Alex Mitchell, Lucy Nolan, Ben Norris, Martin Schaefer, Kay Stephen, Luba Tunnicliffe, Alistair Vennart

    Viola da Gamba Kate Conway

    Violin Tom Aldren, Bethan Allmand, Millie Ashton, Rosemary Attree, Julian Azkoul, Max Baillie, Gemma Bass, Zahra Benyounes, Alicia Berendse, Zoë Beyers, Sarah Brandwood-Spencer, Fiona Brice, Helena Buckie, Will Chadwick, Haim Choi, Ellie Consta, Hannah Dawson, Dylan Edge, Nathan Fenwick, Lyn Fletcher, Doriane Gable, Fran Gilbert, Freya Goldmark, Thomas Gould, Donald Grant, Jack Greed, Thelma Handy, Rose Hinton, Katherine Hunka, Martyn Jackson, Venetia Jollands, Natalie Klouda, Pete Liang, David López Ibáñez, Roman Lytwyniw, Eloise MacDonald, Aleksandra Mansurova, Jonathan Martindale, Mira Marton, Will McGahon, Martha-Maria Mitu, Jon Morton, Emily Nebel, Will Newell, Ellie Norris, Bridget O'Donnell, Felix Pascoe, Caroline Pether, Tom Pigott-Smith, Steven Proctor, Magdalena Riedl, Alinka Rowe, Julia Sandros-Alper, Marie Schreer, Sini Simonen, Rakhi Singh, Simmy Singh, Paula Smart, Jonathan Stone, Kate Suthers, Nicky Sweeney, Sophie Szabo, Darius Thompson, Eva Thorarinsdottir, Anna Tulchinskaya, Andra Vornicu, Lily Whitehurst, Sara Wolstenholme

    Voice Fleur Barron, Lotte Betts-Dean, Katie Bray, Hugh Cutting, Ruby Hughes, The Marian Consort, Declan Pleydell, Mitch Riley, SANSARA, Nichla Smith, Huw Thomas, Héloïse Werner, Alice Zawadzki

    Words Isabel Armitage, Mymona Bibi, Christ Bryan, Jess Coulson, Avery Dire, Ahisha Ghafoor, Lucy Holt, Vivien Holmes, Hugh Morris, David Pountney, Joe Ronan, Carina Simi, Nia Thomas

     

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